Category Archives: Academic support & Publishing

Although this publication focuses on Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) interventions in South Africa, it does not look specifically at (proposed) alternatives to BRT systems, or critique the impact of these systems as a whole. Instead, it considers in brief the …Continue reading →

This publication, Non-Motorised Transport integration into urban transport planning in Africa, will be published in the latter half of 2017, by Routledge, as part of their Transport and Society series. Edited by Winnie Mitullah (University of Nairobi), Marianne Vanderschuren (University of …Continue reading →

Public transport systems are defined as informal transportation which operates between the public and individual private spheres. In Africa, paratransit is characterised by low quality of vehicles and chaotic management but it also provides cheap, accessible and flexible transport solutions …Continue reading →

Working with Umtha Strategy and Planning, we spent two years conducting research across South Africa, in formative research, gap analysis and the assessment of barriers to behaviour change for Soul City Health & Development (2004-2005), in order to prepare workshops for small-group training: …Continue reading →

South Africa’s role as host, in Durban, for the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change Seventeenth Conference of the Parties (COP 17) places the country in the spotlight, not just in terms of hosting the event, but also with regard to the …Continue reading →

The threat climate change poses to health, equity, and development has been rigorously documented. However, in an era marked by economic crisis, regional conflicts, natural disasters and growing disparities between rich and poor, the joint global actions required to address …Continue reading →

City management is complex, and cities worldwide are in crisis, financially and in terms of increasing inequity. An energy strategy is an excellent management tool that reaches beyond the boundaries of ‘the energy sector’ – it presents an opportunity for …Continue reading →

Prepared and published by the Sub-Saharan African Transport Policy Programme (SSATP) in 2015, this Working Paper is addressed to policy- and decision-makers, andproposes a set of policies which aim to improve accessibility and mobility in urban areas of Africa. Large and …Continue reading →

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